NASA's Artemis Mission Inches Closer To Bringing Americans Back To Moon

NASA scientists hope to bring Americans back to the moon through its Artemis project, a three-part mission that builds on Apollo 17’s findings with more sustainable technology. The first uncrewed launch could happen as soon as August.

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[fanofMcGonagall]

Hey NBC News, at 01:53 you show a comparison between Artemis I and the Saturn that's not the Saturn V rocket. That's another Artemis block for cargo. Good job! And don't try to blame NASA for sending you the wrong graphics - your picture editor should know better.

[kagakai]

They literally showed a footage of the ACTUAL Saturn V, how did they not know what it looked like in the graphic?

[tombystander]

We should be more focused on these types of things as a species

[HTV-_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

4:04 fun fact: the fastest manned re-entry vehicle ever was the U.S.'s Apollo 10 capsule falling towards the earth at about *6.839 miles per second* 🤯

[adlaistevenson]

I'm not the first to notice that your comparison of Artemis 1 and Saturn 5 rockets did not have a correct image of a Saturn 5, it's unsettling to continue to see how sloppy the news media is about getting the facts straight.

[robertdanos]

I mean we were there in 1969 with some duct tape, aluminum foil, glass, stainless steel, Nickle which would melt.

[cometochristtoday]

So weird that we can't get back to the moon after six flawless landings. I don't seenit happening again for at least a decade.

[brokensoap]

3:10 the cost comparison between Saturn V and SLS is not apples to apples here
The 1.5 billion Saturn V estimate is the marginal cost of each flight unit off the production line, and is ONLY the actual Saturn V launch vehicle (S-IC, S-II, S-IVB stages)
The SLS estimate includes all the annual program costs asosciated with the SLS rocket, it's Orion spacecraft payload and the cost of all the launch preparations.
A similar cost estimate to what was shown for Saturn V would be 800-900 million per SLS rocket off the production line, vs 1.5 billion for Saturn V.

3:30 SLS is not a redundant option to anything, it's the only option for the job it's supposed to perform, Starship or no Starship.
It is not just a short term measure to wait for Starship as implied in the video, NASA intends to continue using it for the long term

[erockbrox]

Astronauts: Yeah, we are going to the Moon.
*one grain of sand traveling at near the speed of light*

[Forseenlife]

$40 billion to Ukraine and only 26 to NASA. Priorities I guess.

[bryandepaepe]

Showing the wrong pic of the Saturn V is a Four Seasons level of incompetence. I hate to even suggest trump was ever right about anything but this is why the "fake news" description is somewhat accurate.

[guines]

Just leave the rockets to spacex. Nasa should focus on other technologies

[robertdanos]

So we finally figured out how to go threw the Van Allen radiation belts thank god I was starting to wonder. I can not wait to tell everyone

[zayzayize]

SLS is 40% less powerful than the SpaceX Starship. So no, not the most powerful by any standard.

[manji]

I thought they lost the technology to go back to the Basement, I mean the Moon.

[NozomuYume]

Since Orion and the excape system are already tested, maybe it would be okay to put actual astronauts on the circumlunar flight?

[stevestarr]

I grew up during Apollo, and watched Apollo 11 land on the moon when I was 8. The NASA of 2022 is NOT the NASA of the 1960's....then, the goal was to get man on the moon. In 2022, it's to get as much funding as possible, for bloated and delayed programs and rockets with no clear direction, to keep companies/contractors in many states getting rich for as long as possible. Orion had it's first flight EIGHT years ago...it's a friggin' joke. And Only ~1 flight per year? At a cost of ~$4 billion per flight? It's embarrassing to those of us who "were there". At this point, I'm doubtful if Orion will even happen. I can easily see it being completely canceled. RIP the NASA that I grew up with.

[terranrepublic]

1:54 how is that thing on the right a Saturn V, when it's clearly just another SLS with different payload (Block 2)?
oh wait, this is NBC, the channel whose motto is "No Fact, All Hype"

[g]

I know it is a test but surely they can place astronauts inside and just send them too the moon

[herlandercarvalho]

Or, how the flat earthers would say, back to the studio where they filmed the moon landing hoax! 😂